Syria

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** FILE ** Workers clear the rubble of buildings destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria, on May 5, 2013. The attack targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said. (Associated Press/SANA)

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** FILE ** Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answers questions on Syria during a joint news conference with the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Phillip Hammond, at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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An Israeli soldier drives an armored personal carrier during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade gather in a tent, as the sun rises, before a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Syria's Assad is out of control!. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Syrian President Bashar Assad is under heavy security Saturday as he greets young people during the inauguration ceremony of a statue dedicated to “martyrs” from Syrian universities who died in the country’s 2-year-old civil war. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria, June 3, 2012. Israel launched an airstrike into Syria on Friday, May 3, 2013, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

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Syrian President Bashar Assad makes a rare public appearance Wednesday with a visit to the Umayyad Electrical Station in Damascus, the day after a large explosion.

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This citizen journalism image provided by the Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels, right, standing next a damaged warplane, at Abu Dhour military airbase, which is besieged by the rebels in the northern province of Idlib, Syria, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Syrian Revolution Against Bashar Assad)

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Syrians walk on shattered glass from damaged shops at the scene of a powerful explosion that occurred in the central district of Marjeh in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)